Top publications for advancing state and local health department antimicrobial stewardship programs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Expanded public health (PH) antimicrobial stewardship (AS) funding to Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)/Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) programs led to hiring of pharmacists with AS expertise in health departments. A PH pharmacists' community of practice (CoP) consisting of pharmacists who work for local, state, and federal PH agencies was initiated to share resources and activities from PH AS interventions and collaborations. The objective of this evaluation was to characterize publications identified by PH pharmacists' CoP that helped advance AS implementation by PH agencies.

Methods

In March 2024, a 34-item electronic questionnaire was developed and distributed to the PH pharmacists' CoP requesting nominations of articles that highlight interventions and data

SUBMITTER: Biehle LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12509152 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature